NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Communications veterans Spencer Baretz and Cari Brunelle today announced
the launch of their new firm: Baretz+Brunelle. The former Hellerman
Baretz Communications partners left HBC earlier this month to form their
New York-based firm.

Baretz and Brunelle will continue their longtime work as corporate and
crisis communications advisors to elite law firms, high-profile
businesses and prominent individuals. The new firm also will pursue an
aggressive growth strategy to build out its existing financial services
and corporate transactional work.

The agency’s founders are widely recognized figures in public relations.
Baretz, named a “Business of Law Trailblazer & Pioneer” by TheNational Law Journal and a “PR Agency Professional of the Year”
by PR News, practiced corporate law at a major New York firm
before co-founding HBC in 2003. Brunelle, a former broadcast journalist
named “Crisis Manager of the Year” and one of the “Top Women in PR” by PR
News, has more than 15 years of experience providing crisis
communications counsel in high-profile legal cases and strategic
communications services to major law firms and their clients.

Baretz and Brunelle bring with them an award-winning team that includes
the remaining HBC staff in its entirety:

John Ford – Managing Director, Editorial Services

Jason Milch – Managing Director

Kelsey Nason – Managing Director

Jennifer Gronwaldt – Director

Molly McLeod – Director

Zinie Sampson – Director

Sarah Andries – Associate

Leora Kaplan – Associate

Jessica Klein – Associate

Poonam Jain – Director of Operations

All of HBC’s “Content Lab” writers

Nearly all of HBC’s clients have followed as inaugural Baretz+Brunelle
clients, which include the leading global law firm for M&A the world’s
most prominent financial data and media company; and a top private
equity firm. Also moving to B+B is HBC’s partnership with Bloomberg BNA
– which provides an array of valuable content and marketing services to
law firms and corporations through its Cross Platform Businesses
division.

“Cari and I are absolutely thrilled to be working together under our new
banner,” Baretz said. “The start of our new firm represents an
opportunity to clarify our core values – empathy, intellectualism,
creativity, teamwork and hard work—and to grow our team, and our
offerings, in ways that will benefit our clients tremendously.”

“Spencer and I are so proud to be part of this team, and keeping our
entire team intact makes this new adventure even more exciting for us,”
Brunelle said. “We share a vision for our new agency and a commitment to
our incredible clients, who inspire us daily. It’s an honor to continue
to serve them.”

About Baretz+Brunelle

Legal, corporate and crisis communications advisors, Baretz+Brunelle
protects and maintains the public images of law firms, high-profile
businesses and prominent individuals. We help our clients achieve their
business goals and influence market value by building targeted,
strategic, high-impact PR campaigns. Based in New York, Baretz+Brunelle
maintains offices in Chicago, Houston, Detroit, Charlotte and Richmond,
Va. For more information, visit www.baretzbrunelle.com.